3 juice recipes that pack a punch

Downing pulverized produce can do much more than just hit your body’s reset button.

With the right ingredients, homemade elixirs can be fat-burning, energy-boosting, workout recovery-speeding powerhouses. For a few quick recipes, we turned to Men’s Fitness columnist Candice Kumai, author Clean Green Drinks, which features 100-plus results-driven juice and smoothie recipes built around functional ingredients like bone-and muscle-protecting baby spinach, digestion-aiding ginger, and disease-fighting herbs and spices.

Here, courtesy of Kumai, are three powerhouse smoothie recipes that will supercharge your system and have you feeling healthier in no time.

Burn fat: The cinnamon beet

This unique drink packs a one-two punch. Beets contain a diuretic compound that helps flush fat from the body, while cinnamon has been shown to help control blood sugar levels and may also aid weight loss.

Ingredients

2 cups baby spinach

1 cup kale

1 medium beet, scrubbed, halved

1 medium cucumber

1⁄4 tsp cinnamon

Directions

Juice first four ingredients. Whisk in the cinnamon and serve. Makes one serving.